I wanna go home, I wanna go home
oh how I wanna go home
Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City
and I dreamed about the cotton fields and home
I dreamed about my mother, dear old papa, sister
and brother and I dreamed about the girl
who's been waiting for so long
I wanna go home, I wanna go home
oh how I wanna go home
Homefolks think I'm big in Detroit City
from the letters that I write they think I'm fine
but by day I make the cars and by night I make the bars
if they could only read between the lines
I wanna go home, I wanna go home
oh Lord I wanna go home
Cause you know I rode a freight train north to Detroit City
and after all these years I find I've been wasting my time
so I think I'll take my foolish pride
and put it on a south bound freight and ride
and go back to the loved ones the ones I left behind
I wanna go home, I wanna go home
oh Lord I wanna go home
Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City
and I dreamed about the cotton fields and home
I dreamed about my mother, dear old papa, sister
and brother and I dreamed about the girl
who's been waiting for so long
I wanna go home, I wanna go home
oh Lord I wanna go home